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Yes and no. If you just say 'Happy birthday' or 'I wish you a happy birthday', then it is 'feliz cumpleaños'. However, the song has the inverse order: 'Cumpleaños feliz'. It's as if it were implied that birthdays (and Christmas too) have to be happy, which is why the adjective (feliz) is in front, to tone it down.

In the song, 'cumpleaños feliz', the adjective is behind, so the meaning comes out stronger than in 'feliz cumpleaños', but it's not used much outside that song.

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